The No. 25 Pacific University softball team swept a doubleheader from Pacific Lutheran to secure a weekend series victory over the Lutes, winning 9-8 in game one and 8-7 in game two.
 
The Boxers (17-6, 11-1) managed double-digit hits for the 10^th and 11^th time on the season. The top four in the Pacific lineup was a terror in the doubleheader, going 8-for-14 in game one and 10-for-15 in game two to lead an offensive onslaught by the Boxers.
 
The Lutes (12-11, 4-8 NWC) had 10 hits in game one and eight more in game two despite the defeat. 
Game one saw Pacific jump out to an early 6-0 lead in the first inning before the Lutes rallied to tie it with four in the third and two more in the top of the 4^th. The comeback set the tone for a back and forth contest between the two teams. Facing an 8-7 deficit, the Boxers scored twice in the bottom of the sixth for the win.
 
To begin the sixth, the Boxers got things started with a pair of singles by Kiana Kushiyama and Nicole Martinez. Then, Kaitlynn Donaca laid down a bunt single that was misplayed by the Lutes to score a hustling Kushiyama from second to tie the game at 8. After a strike out and runners on the corners, Hailey Miller managed to hit a sacrifice fly that scored Martinez from third for what proved to be the winning run.
 
Pacific Lutheran managed a threat in the seventh before Rylee Patton got a strikeout to end the game and preserving the win for her first career save.

Offensively for Pacific, six-different Boxers had two hits including Nicole Martinez, Kaitlynn Donaca, Montana Vaught, Hailey Miller, Katelyn Macatis-Smith and Morgan Masters. Masters and Miller each had two RBI in the win. Carly Bursch pitched 2.2 innings of relief for the win to improve to 2-0.
 
Game two was also a back-and-forth contest as one or both teams managed to score in all seven innings. But, it was the run that the Boxers scored in the bottom of the seventh that proved to be the difference.

The Boxers' Amanda Machado started the inning, reaching on a walk. Next, pinch runner Haylie Uetake, who was running for Machado, moved to second on a Lutes' wild pitch. Then, Kiana Kushiyama walked to put runners on first and second for the Boxers which prompted a PLU pitching change. The Lutes got a pop out for the first out of the inning. Next, Nicole Martinez singled just underneath the glove of the Lutes' first baseman to score Uetake from second for the winning run.
 
Pacific had 14 hits in the win including three from Martinez, two each from Kaitlynn Donaca, Montana Vaught, Hailey Miller, Jill Uyeda and Katelyn Macatis-Smith. Vaught hit her seventh home run of the season – a two-run shot in the fourth inning that put Pacific ahead 7-4.
 
Boxer reliever Tiare Gurrero pitched the final two innings of scoreless relief, striking out two to improve her record to 4-2.